Attempts to enhance human memory and learning ability have a long tradition in science.
This topic has recently gained substantial attention because of the increasing percentage of …

The placebo effect has often been considered a nuisance in basic and particularly clinical
research. This view has gradually changed in recent years due to deeper insight into the …

Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese scrolls, and Ayurvedic literature record physicians
administering aromatic oils to their patients. Today society looks to science to document …

The scientific community has witnessed growing concern about the high rate of false
positives and unreliable results within the psychological literature, but the harmful impact of …

Today we are witnessing a new science of placebo, a complex discipline that encompasses
several experimental approaches and translational implications. Modern neurobiological …

Experimental psychologists often neglect the poor psychometric properties of the dependent
measures collected in their studies. In particular, a low reliability of measures can have …

Many studies claim that visual regularities can be learned unconsciously and without explicit
awareness. For example in the contextual cueing paradigm, studies often make claims using …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that associative learning can affect visual cognition.
In one such effect, search times for a target hidden among similar distractors are faster for …

Deliberate and nondeliberate suggestions can influence cognitions and behaviors in
surprising ways. Sometimes suggestions are helpful and improve our cognitions and …

Inactive interventions can have significant effects on cognitive performance. Understanding
the generation of these cognitive placebo/nocebo effects is crucial for evaluating the …